Job 20:8
He shall flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Yet shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw him shall say, Where is he?
Cross References
Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, And take away mine iniquity? ((7:22)) For soon shall I sleep in the dust; And, though thou seek me diligently, I shall not be.
Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he perisheth; Yea, it sweepeth him away from his place.
Psalms 73:20As a dream when one awaketh, Thou, O Lord! when thou awakest, wilt make their vain show a derision.
Proverbs 10:25When the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →